Active-space symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration-interaction and equation-of-motion coupled-cluster methods for high accuracy calculations of potential energy surfaces of radicals

The electron-attached (EA) and ionized (IP) symmetry-adapted-cluster configuration-interaction (SAC-CI) methods and their equation-of-motion coupled-cluster (EOMCC) analogs provide an elegant framework for studying open-shell systems. As shown in this study, these schemes require the presence of higher-order excitations, such as the four-particle-three-hole (4p-3h) or four-hole-three-particle (4h-3p) terms, in the electron attaching or ionizing operator R in order to produce accurate ground- and excited-state potential energy surfaces of radicals along bond breaking coordinates. The full inclusion of the 4p-3h/4h-3p excitations in the EA/IP SAC-CI and EOMCC methods leads to schemes which are far too expensive for calculations involving larger radicals and realistic basis sets. In order to reduce the large costs of such schemes without sacrificing accuracy, the active-space EA/IP EOMCC methodology [J. R. Gour et al., J. Chem. Phys. 123, 134113 (2005)] is extended to the EA/IP SAC-CI approaches with 4p-3h/4h-3p excitations. The resulting methods, which use a physically motivated set of active orbitals to pick out the most important 3p-2h/3h-2p and 4p-3h/4h-3p excitations, represent practical computational approaches for high-accuracy calculations of potential energy surfaces of radicals. To illustrate the potential offered by the active-space EA/IP SAC-CI approaches with up to 4p-3h/4h-3p excitations, the results of benchmark calculations for the potential energy surfaces of the low-lying doublet states of CH and OH are presented and compared with other SAC-CI and EOMCC methods, and full CI results.     

Photon induced isomerization in the first excited state of the 7-azaindole-(H2O)3 cluster

A picosecond pump and probe experiment has been applied to study the excited state dynamics of 7-azaindole-water 1?∶?2 and 1?∶?3 clusters [7AI(H(2)O)(2,3)] in the gas phase. The vibrational-mode selective Excited-State-Triple-Proton Transfer (ESTPT) in 7AI(H(2)O)(2) proposed from the frequency-resolved study has been confirmed by picosecond decays. The decay times for the vibronic states involving the ESTPT promoting mode σ(1) (850-1000 ps) are much shorter than those for the other vibronic states (2100-4600 ps). In the (1 + 1) REMPI spectrum of 7AI(H(2)O)(3) measured by nanosecond laser pulses, the vibronic bands with an energy higher than 200 cm(-1) above the origin of the S(1) state become very weak. In contrast, the vibronic bands in the same region emerge in the (1 + 1') REMPI spectrum of 7AI(H(2)O)(3) with picosecond pulses. The decay times drastically decrease when increasing the vibrational energy above 200 cm(-1). Ab initio calculations show that a second stable "cyclic-nonplanar isomer" exists in addition to a "bridged-planar isomer", and that an isomerization from a bridged-planar isomer to a cyclic-nonplanar isomer is most probably responsible for the short lifetimes of the vibronic states of 7AI(H(2)O)(3).     

Correlating basis sets for the H atom and the alkali-metal atoms from Li to Rb

 Contracted Gaussian-type function sets are developed for correlating p, d, and f functions for a valence electron of the hydrogen atom and alkali-metal atoms from Li to Rb. A segmented contraction scheme is used for its compactness and efficiency. Contraction coefficients and exponents are determined by minimizing the deviation from the K orbitals of the atoms. The present basis sets yield an accuracy comparable to the correlation-consistent basis set for the hydrogen atom and also give a similar high accuracy for the alkali-metal atoms. In the calculations of spectroscopic constants of alkali hydrides, the decontraction of the p function plays an important role, especially for LiH. The contributions of d and f functions are nontrivial for KH and RbH. Received: 6 September 2002 / Accepted: 13 November 2002 / Published online: 19 March 2003 Acknowledgements. This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education of Japan. Correspondence to: T. Noro e-mail: tashi@sci.hokudai.ac.jp     

The addition of fluorine to perhalogenated compounds containing carbon-nitrogen double bonds

The reaction of elementary fluorine with ten perhalogenated compounds containing carbon-nitrogen double bonds is reported. The reactions were carried out without added catalysts in a static system. With CF₃N=CF₂, (CF₃)₂NCF=NCF₃, SF₅N=CF₂, CF₂=NCl, CF₃CF=NCl and CF₂=NF a simple addition of fluorine to the carbon-nitrogen double bond was observed forming the respective N-fluoroamines in high yield. Two imines, CF₃CF=NF and (CF=NF)₂, were unreactive under the same conditions and reactions of CF₃CF₂CF=NF and (CF₃)₂C=NF were explosive.     

Reactions of oxalyl fluoride with electrophiles

The reactions of oxalyl fluoride with electrophiles in the presence of alkali metal fluoride were carried out. In the reaction with CF₃CH₂OTf (Tf=CF₃SO₂) or CH₃CH₂OTf, the synthesis of di-ether (ROCF₂CF₂OR) and mono-ether (ROCF₂COF) was achieved. The difference of the reactivities between these two compounds was discussed from the result of DFT calculations.     

Armillariols A to C from the culture broth of Armillaria sp.

Three novel compounds were isolated from the culture broth of Armillaria sp. Their structures were elucidated mainly by spectroscopic data analyses. All the compounds regulated hypocotyl and root growth of lettuce.